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‘The Red Petticoat’ bar, Pickhurst House, Chiddingfold, Surrey, 1940-1941 (c)
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-2-136

Description

‘The Red Petticoat’ bar, Pickhurst House, Chiddingfold, Surrey, 1940-1941 (c). Photograph: The Red Petticoat. Pickhurst. Shows an interior, apparently of a bar, with barrels of beer, glasses and a long table. From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940-1941. In October 1940, according to the unit diaries, ‘A’ Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), were billeted at Cherfold, ‘B’ Squadron at Chiddingfold, ‘C’ Squadron at Burningfold Hall, with the Regimental Headquarters at Pickhurst House. With captions taken from a separate index volume. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)

Associated collection